Joynt v. State

The defendant was convicted of attempted second degree murder. After af-firmance of his direct appeal, he filed a Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850 motion for postconviction relief. He raised several arguments, one of which was that his trial counsel was ineffective in not objecting to the omission of Florida Standard Jury Instruction (Crim.) 6.1 (2004). The trial court summarily denied the motion by attaching the state’s response to the motion. We reverse as to the jury instruction argument, concluding that the court must conduct an evidentiary hearing on that argument. On all of the…